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Donald Trump blamed Democrats and Diversity, Equity and inclusion policies for collision between commercial jets and military helicopters that killed 67 people just outside Washington.
Without quoting the evidence, the President said that his “common sense” assessment was that the accident was due to the relaxed protection values as a result of the DII policy introduced by its predecessors.
“There is no survival,” Trump He told reporters on Thursday that he went to the Podium in the White House Press Briefing room for the first time in his second president.
The regional American airlines aircraft, which was operated by PSA Airlines, was originally derived in the Witch of Cansus. Wednesday night was creating its view at the CRJ 700 Jet Washington Reagon Airport when it collided with the US Army Secorsky H -60 Black Hawk Helicopter, PotomacThe
The fuselage of the commercial jet has been found in three pieces of water. There were 60 passengers on the American flight and four crew members were on the board, and three soldiers were on Black Haque.
Trump, who was equipped by his co-president and sweard the secretaries of defense and transport, started his comments by applying for “a moment of trouble” when the difference between Americans did not fade “.
But he quickly started a political attack DemocratsIt says that former President Barack Obama and Joe Biden reduced the value of whom he had allowed to be an air traffic controller.
“I first protected, Obama, Biden and Democrats first kept the policy. The The And their politics was worse. “
He said that “we want the brilliant, smart, sharp for an air traffic controller. We want someone who is psychologically superior,” adds “I don’t think” “serious disabilities” should be Air Traffic Controller.
After blaming the air traffic controllers for the accident, he then focuses on Black Hawk’s crew.
“From the point of view of the helicopter you had a pilot problem because it was visible. It was a very clean night. The The The American Airlines plane was shining, “Trump said.
“I have a helicopter. You can stop a helicopter very quickly. It was the ability to go up or down, the ability to turn it, and the turn it made was not correct “, he added.
US Defense officials say Black Haque was driven by an experienced crew in routine training.
Trump said that investigators were trying to determine whether the army was using night -vision equipment, which could “change your attitude” from the cockpit. A defense officer said that the army could not confirm whether the crew was wearing the Night Vision Goggles.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegasith The three soldiers in the helicopter said “There was a regular annual night flight in a standard corridor for the continuation of the official mission”.
“In trait, last night, a mistake was made. The The There was a height issue that we immediately started investigating at the DOD and the army level, “he added that what happened was” absolutely unacceptable “.
Earlier on Thursday, officials said the reactionists had recovered 20 bodies from American flights and one body from Black Haque so far.
Trump said Russian citizens sailed on the plane and the United States would help withdraw their bodies. No direct air travel between the United States and Russia since the full-scale invasion of Moscow’s Ukraine.
Serious aircraft accidents are rare in the United States. The latest major accident associated with the US commercial aircraft was in the 21st, when 5 people were killed on the Kalgan Air flight, which collapsed in a house near Buffalo, New York.
Trump urged the people to fly.
Additional Report by Felissia Schwarz in Washington
